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Early Skin Cancer Detection Using the SLICE-3D Dataset: A Transfer Learning Model and DCGAN Approach to Address Data Imbalance Cover

Early Skin Cancer Detection Using the SLICE-3D Dataset: A Transfer Learning Model and DCGAN Approach to Address Data Imbalance

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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2025-0021 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702
Language: English
Page range: 39 - 53
Submitted on: Mar 27, 2025
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Accepted on: Jul 4, 2025
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Published on: Sep 25, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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